The Irish standard., 1887-08-06
FAMILY SUGGESTIONS.


en- utensils
MELTED Ice often serves as q substitute
for distilled water in any but the most del
icate operations.
THE beauty of hardwood or stained pine
floors depends upon their being kept
bright and free from dust; sweeping with
q hair broom every morning and washing
once week will secure this. When there
is much dust damp cloth must follow the
broom.
AN excellent method Of destroying ants
when they lnfest the premises is to satu-
rate a sponge with some sWeetened liquid
and place it accessible to the insects.
When they discover 1t they will swarm
through it, when it may be thrown into
boiling water.
PEOPLE who can not drink cold milk
often find it palatable and beneficial when
taken as hot as possible. Upon some tired
and over-workel persons it has al exhil-
arating effect. The milk should be fresh
and heated as hot as possible without
boiling.
IVORY may be cleansed with new soft
tooth brush. soap and tepid water, then
dry the ivory and brush well, dip the lat
ter in alcohol and polish the ivory until it
has regained its former sheen. If the
water gives the ivory a yellowlsh tint, dry
the object in a heated place. 1t age has
Yellowed it place the object under ball
jar, with small vessel con tanning lime
and muriate acid; set the whole in the
sunshine.
FLOWERS may be preserved Indefinitely
by being placed in water in which small
quantity of spirit of chloroform has been
uroppsd, in an air. tight vessel with a
glass shade covering. Take, for expert
ment, a soup plate, place the flowers in
the water, adjust the shade and fill above
the edge with water, so as to render 1t
air tight. 1t is said flowers may be pre-
served in this manner for months.
A SUPERIOR cement for fastening knives
and forks into their handles is made by
melting one pound OF coiophony, bought of
ANY druggist, and eight ounces of sulphur.
1t may be kept in a bar or reduced to pow
der. Take one part powder and mix with
iron filings, fQe sand or brick dust, and
ill the cavity of the handle, then heat the
stem OF the knife Or fork and insert. When
cold 1t will De found to be firm in its place
INDEJ,L,BLE INK for marking linen is
made as follows. Dissolve one-fourth
ounce Of nitrate OF silver in ono ounce Of
water and add strong liquid ammonia until
the preclp'tate first formed is redssolyed.
Add on" and q half tlrichns Of gum mucil~
axe and enough finely powdered indigo or
,ther coloring matter to render the writ
ing clearly visible. The writing is male
black and indellible by passing a hot iron
over it. For fine work buy ink especially
prepared for artists use in etching.
LAUGHTER III the house is q sure cure for
che many ills, imaginary ones, that assall
the domestic circle. The woman who has
a bright cheerful disposition dispels one
lalf OF those that are real. She may not
De tho best house-keeper; the bread may
not always be light or the potatoes done to
a tur1, or Che buttons always in place, but
one forgets them when she is by IN her
readiness to make ths best Of verything
rs it comes. Home i'll :. measure is what
the presiding spirit of tho house makes it,
the brightest or tho gloomest spot On
earth.
TO MAKE a raspberry sherbet use five
quarts Of red raspberres, two Quarts of
wine vinegar, eight pounds granulated
sugar. Gently mash the berries put them
into porcelain-lined kettle, add the vim
sgar and stir three times day for a week,
keep ping the kettle we'll covered mean
while. Strain it through close flannel
-loth. Mix one pound of sugar with the
seed pulp, work it well end straiu. Put all
the syrup together into the kettle, aid the
rest Of ths sugar and boil and skim till the
.kuln no longer forms, thon bottle, while
hot, and seal. It ls diluted with cold water
and drunk like the lemon sherbet.
Fo,. the preservation Of household stores
tho following suggestions are made: Hams
may be wrapped in paper and packed in a
barrel of ashes. Smoked ham or beef after
being cut can be hung in coarse linen bag
tied closely to keep out flies and hang in a
cool place. Cheese should be kept III a
bight tin box. Cake should be kept in tin
or wooden Lox. Bread should nos bc ex-
posed to the air. Goldfish should DO moved
from garret to cellar: All salted provisions
must re kept under the brine. Decayed
should not be kept in the cellar
and cellars should be whitewashed to be
kept sweet and clean.
A GAY and neat rug may be made with
bright pieces Of wool carpet Old salt bags
make very good foundation on which to
sew the strips of carpet a nice ze for a
large rug is a yard and half long by
three fourths wide. Cut the pieces OF car
pet on the bias, two inches wide and as
ong as the pieces of carpet. Bring each
edge out half an inch. Put two Of these
LIlpS lCSSbuSl, Ou LOp VI GAo ObuSL,
and then SOW them together lengthwise
IN the foundation. Make other strips aud
sew them SO closely on the foundation that
i will be entirely covered and the fringe
ends will form a thick mat
MANY passionate child rules the house
hold. The little baby ON it's mothers knee
goes into passion because its dinner is |
from hin, or some toy de-
1ied him. He shrieks and strikes his
mother, and the mother says: 'sPoor little
ooy, he has such passionate nature; he
can't be crossed" and yields to him. She
ought to spank him-spank him hard
tor being in a passion, and give him moth |
ng till his passion has cooled. The. child,
though he be SO young that he can not |
speak, if he were old enough to lift his fist !
and strike blow, deserves punishment, |
needs to haYe alesson Of repression taught !
llm. \
TASTY satchets are made of three shades !
If gros grain ribbon. The ribbons are
:rayed to form deep fringe at the bottom
and are joined to form a bag, which is filled I
With cotton well sprinkled with the favor
te perfume powder. Fancy stitching is
made on either side of all the seams; the
,op of the bag is faced with silk, and far
enough below the top to form full, pretty
.r1ll it is closed by a wide feather edged |
.ibbon, that is gracefully tiei with an inn
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